Text: | In the bleak mid-winter |
Author: | Christina Georgina Rossetti, 1830-1894 |
Tune: | CRANHAM |
Composer: | Gustav Holst, 1874-1934 |
1 In the bleak mid-winter frosty wind made moan,
earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;
snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,
in the bleak mid-winter, long ago.
2 Our God, heav'n cannot hold him nor earth sustain;
heav'n and earth shall flee away when he comes to reign.
In the bleak mid-winter a stable-place sufficed
the Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ.
3 Enough for him whom cherubim worship night and day,
a breast-ful of milk, and a manger-ful of hay:
enough for him, whom angels fall down before,
the ox and ass and camel which adore.
4 Angels and archangels may have gathered there,
cherubim and seraphim thronged the air;
but only his mother in her maiden bliss
worshipped the beloved with a kiss.
5 What can I give him, poor as I am?
if I were a shepherd I would bring a lamb;
If I were a wise man I would do my part,
yet what I can I give him: give my heart.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | In the bleak mid-winter |
Title: | In the bleak mid-winter |
Author: | Christina Georgina Rossetti, 1830-1894 |
Meter: | Irregular |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2000 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Christmas; Years A, B, and C: Christmas Day |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CRANHAM |
Composer: | Gustav Holst, 1874-1934 |
Meter: | Irregular |
Key: | F Major |
Copyright: | © Oxford University Press. Used by permission from the "English Hymnal" |
Notes: | Now Public Domain |